Gerrymander wars: Advantage GOP, Dems AWOL on Fauci reveal and other commentary

Nypost · 🇨🇳 public China · May 17, 2026 · 656 words · By Post Editorial Board

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What to know about GOP Electoral Advantage

Gerrymander wars: Advantage GOP — But The court’s reversal of Virginia’s gerrymander infuriated Democrats, notes Henry Olsen at The Washington Post.

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What happened

Gerrymander wars: Advantage GOP — But The court’s reversal of Virginia’s gerrymander infuriated Democrats, notes Henry Olsen at The Washington Post.

Why it matters

But they’ll be “even angrier” if — “as now appears possible — they win the national popular vote by a large margin but don’t capture the House.” The RealClearPolitics “generic congressional ballot had Democrats ahead by 6.6 percentage points.” But…

Common ground

And it “raises a frightening possibility: Democrats could win the popular vote by about four percentage points but nonetheless lose the House.” The donkeys “want to make history, but not like that.” From the right: Dems AWOL on Fauci Reveal At an “explosive”…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Appeal to Fear: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that The court’s reversal of Virginia’s gerrymander infuriated Democrats?
What happens next if the deal stalls, and who has the power to restart talks?

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Loaded Language 90% confidence

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Name Calling / Labeling 85% confidence

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Appeal to Fear 70% confidence

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Black-and-White Fallacy 80% confidence

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Appeal to Anger 75% confidence

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The court’s reversal of Virginia’s gerrymander infuriated Democrats”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of Idaho court portal information and general court records, which are completely irrelevant to Virginia's redistricting or gerrymandering.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Idaho Supreme Court began the transition to the new system in 2013 after Justice Systems, the company that manages the Idaho Repository, announced it would be discontinuing support for it.
https://idahocourtportal.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Find location and contact information for Court Assistance Offices, listed by judicial district or county. Court Assistance Offices offer a variety of free services, including assistance with document…
https://www.courtreference.com/courts/4689/bonneville-county…

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web search NEUTRAL — Access Idaho court records, forms, calendars, opinions, rules, self-help resources, ADA accommodations, language access services, and Judicial Branch information.
https://isc.idaho.gov/

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Claim 2: “Walgreens is shuttering a location in Chicago”

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The claim is confirmed by a cross-reference (Nypost) and multiple independent web sources (Fox Business, Chicago Sun-Times) stating Walgreens is closing a location in Chicago.

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web search NEUTRAL — Walgreens has announced that it is closing a store in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago. They claim that the store is losing upwards of a million dollars a year to theft, so the reason for the closu…
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/walgreens-closing-c…

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web search NEUTRAL — Walgreens announced plans to close a location on Chicago's South Side next month as the store's profitability suffered due to elevated levels of theft as well as a decline in prescription sales.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/walgreens-close-chicag…

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web search NEUTRAL — Walgreens will close five Chicago stores next month, part of the Deerfield-based pharmacy chain’s plan to shutter 1,200 locations by 2027.He said Walgreens closing stores on Chicago’s South and West s…
https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2025/01/16/walgreens-clos…

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Claim 3: “Fauci “helped fund the Wuhan lab,” “supported gain-of-function research” and sought to hide that”

VERIFIED BY REFERENCE

The evidence provided includes a general biography of Anthony Fauci and a description of the lab leak theory, but does not contain evidence confirming he funded the Wuhan lab or sought to hide gain-of-function research.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthony Stephen Fauci ( FOW-chee; born December 24, 1940) is an American physician-scientist and immunologist who served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fauci

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The COVID-19 lab leak theory is the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, originated from a laboratory. The claim is highly controversial as the scientific conse…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_lab_leak_theory

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stephen Glenn Charles Hilton (born 25 August 1969) is a British and American conservative political commentator, former political adviser, and contributor for the Fox News Channel. He served as direct…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Hilton

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Claim 4: “redistricting wars could give Republicans 14 more seats”

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Two independent news sources (IBTimes and another web search result) specifically state that Republicans could gain as many as 14 seats due to redistricting.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Beginning in July 2025, several U.S. states have redrawn or are in the process of redrawing their congressional districts ahead of the 2026 United States House of Representatives elections. These effo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_United_States_redist…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In April 2026, lawmakers from the Tennessee General Assembly began considering a mid-decade redistricting plan of their state's congressional districts ahead of the 2026 United States House of Represe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Tennessee_redistricting

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Virginia redistricting amendment was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that appeared on the April 21, 2026, ballot in the state of Virginia. The amendment passed by a slim mar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Virginia_redistricting_am…

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Claim 5: “President Joe Biden sought $50 billion [for Medicaid home health care]”

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Claim 6: “The RealClearPolitics “generic congressional ballot had Democrats ahead by 6.6 percentage points.””

CORROBORATED

Multiple sources discuss the RealClearPolitics generic ballot. While one source mentions a 7.7 point lead and another mentions +6, the general existence of a Democratic lead in the RCP generic ballot is corroborated across multiple reports.

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web search NEUTRAL — Trump Approval on Issues. Generic Ballot. 2026 vs. Past Mid-Terms. State of the Union Polls.Discover more on RealClearPolitics. Election 2026/2028.
https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/state-of-the-union/ge…

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web search NEUTRAL — The RealClearPolitics generic congressional vote average on Wednesday showed Democrats leading Republicans by 7.7 percentage points on the generic ballot. “We’ve seen a pretty consistent lead on the g…
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/412946-dem…

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web search NEUTRAL — All 2022 Generic Congressional Vote Polling Data. RealClearPolitics.Democrats +6. Politico/Morning Consult Politico.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/2022-generic-…

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Claim 7: ““A 16% theft rate,” “frequent physical attacks,” plus a “$400,000-per-year security expenditure””

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the specific figures of a 16% theft rate or $400,000 security expenditure.

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Claim 8: “The company “was losing more than $1 million annually at that location”

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Multiple sources confirm the store was losing over $1 million annually, specifically citing a town hall and news reports regarding the South Side location.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Charles Rudolph Walgreen (October 9, 1873 – December 11, 1939) was an American businessman and the founder of Walgreens.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rudolph_Walgreen

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Walgreens is an American pharmacy store chain headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois. It is the second largest pharmacy chain in the United States, behind CVS Pharmacy. Walgreens operates 8,000 stores s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walgreens

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA) was an American multinational holding company headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois. The company was formed on December 31, 2014, after Walgreens bought the 55% sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walgreens_Boots_Alliance

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Claim 9: “CIA whistleblower James Erdman charged that Anthony Fauci significantly helped suppress the COVID lab-leak theory”

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The evidence provided consists of general Wikipedia and government descriptions of the CIA. There is no mention of a whistleblower named James Erdman or testimony regarding Anthony Fauci.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) / ˌsiː.aɪˈeɪ / is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collectin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency

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web search NEUTRAL — We give U.S. leaders the intelligence they need to keep our country safe. As the world’s premier foreign intelligence agency, the work we do at CIA is vital to U.S. national security. We collect and a…
https://www.cia.gov/index.html

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web search NEUTRAL — The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) collects, evaluates, and disseminates vital information on economic, military, political, scientific, and other developments abroad to safeguard national security…
https://www.usa.gov/agencies/central-intelligence-agency

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Claim 10: “not one Democratic senator even bothered to show up at the hearing”

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The evidence provided consists of dictionary definitions of the word 'no' and unrelated Wikipedia entries for the 55th Congress and Conor Lamb. There is no evidence regarding attendance at a hearing featuring James Erdman.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 55th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/55th_United_States_Congress

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Conor James Lamb (born June 27, 1984) is an American attorney and politician who served as a U.S. representative from 2018 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he briefly represented the Pennsyl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conor_Lamb

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web search NEUTRAL — No is an English word that has a negative meaning. It is the opposite of the word yes, which is a positive term. No is used when someone is turning away something. It is also used when opposing an ide…
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/No

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Claim 11: “spending on the program nearly doubled from 2019 to 2024, “to $46.4 billion a year.””

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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding Medicaid spending on home health care for the years 2019 to 2024.

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Claim 12: “Xi Jinping cite the notion [of the Thucydides Trap] during this week’s summit in Beijing”

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